Ward Takes Chip Lead With Full House
Level 22
: 7,000/14,000, 2,000 ante
Thomas Ward overtook Connor Drinan as the current chip leader after getting paid off with a full house on the river.
Russell Thomas raised on the button to 30,000. Thomas Ward called reraised to 80,000 from the small blind. Zhou Zhou folded in the big blind and Thomas called after about 20 seconds of deliberation.
The flop came 
and Ward led out for 116,000. Thomas didn't take long to follow and called. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river paired the board with a 
and Ward bet 167,000.
Thomas called fairly quickly and Ward turned over 
for a full house and took down the pot. With that pot he also took the chip lead from Connor Drinan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,520,000 | 450,000 |
|
340,000 | -460,000 |